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26,348 project cars in unauthorised use

Establishment ministry suggests action against misuse by 43 govt organs

Shakhawat Liton
The establishment ministry has accused 43 ministries and divisions of using a total of 26,348 vehicles violating the existing rules for the use of public transports.
The ministry in a report suggested action against those responsible for the misuse and steps .to identify the reasons why the ministries and divisions did not return the vehicles on completion of different developmentprojects.
The report says the vehicles
should have been returned to die central transport pool widiin three weeks of die completion of the projects. But die ministries and divisions have not returned the vehicles and are still using them.
"The existing rules do not allow such usage," the establishment ministry said in its report submitted to a parliamentary standing committee yesterday. The ministry also suggested amendment to the public transport rules, if necessary.
Reviewing the report, the parliamentary standing committee on
establishment ministry endorsed the recommendations for proper use of public vehicles.
Talking to reporters after die meeting, Committee Chairman Sardar Shakhawat Hossain Baku! said the committee observed that there should be proper rules for using public vehicles as the ministries and divisions need to use diese vehicles.
The report says 615 development projects were implemented from 1997 to 2004 under 43 ministries and divisions. A total of 26,651 vehicles were purchased under the projects while only 303 vehicles were returned to the central transport pool.
The purchased vehicles include 355 microbuses, 1,379 jeeps, 227 cars, 534 pick-ups, 190 trucks, 18 buses, 36 minibuses, 12,537 motorcyclesand 11,375 others.
The ministries and divisions returned 27 microbuses, 129 jeeps, 79 cars, 23 pick-ups, one bus, one minibus and 39 motorcycles on completion of the projects.
The agriculture ministry is using the highest 12,322 vehicles while it returned only 17. The LGRD ministry is using 4,501 vehicles and returned 61. Primary and mass education ministry is using 2,829 vehicles and returned 56.
The opposition members of the standing committee at the meeting demanded a physical investigation of the vehicles being used by the governmentorgans.
Awami League lawmaker AKM Jahangir Hossain told the meeting that the establishment ministry in last January said they had information about only 11 ministries but it found 43 ministries and divisions responsible for the misuse of public vehicles.
Committee member and opposition Chief Whip Abdus Shahid said they (opposition lawmakers) demanded discussion on the government policy on the promotion of public servants. The issue will be discussed at the next meeting.